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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Toussian of Burkina Faso

The Toussian of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 41,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolingustic group indigenous to Burkina Faso They are an Indigenous people, with Tusyan / Toussian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Southern Toussian.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Southern Toussian (wib)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 41,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012449
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Pray for the Toussian of Burkina Faso

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Toussian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Toussian, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Toussian:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Southern Toussian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Southern Toussian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toussian are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Toussian:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Toussian of Burkina Faso

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Tusyan, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 115354) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
ToussianPG012449ToussianBurkina Faso41,500No Longer UnreachedSouthern ToussianAnimism
ToussianPG014448ToussianTogo31,500Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern ToussianEthnoreligion

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